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Adelaide down Melbourne in A-League

Steve Larkin

Their coach was banished but Adelaide United's players bashed Melbourne Victory into submission in a rough-house 1-0 triumph in Friday night's A-League match.

Adelaide's Jeronimo Neumann scored the winner in a foul-tempered affair at Hindmarsh Stadium featuring six yellow cards and one red.

Snapping a three-game losing streak, Adelaide rose to within a point of the second-placed Victory on the ladder, adopting brutal tactics on their arch rivals who lost star striker Archie Thompson to injury.